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TIL Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day.

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olmo TIL Ray Bradbury first titled Fahrenheit 451 “The Fireman”, then called a local fire station to ask what temperature it would take to actually ignite books. The responding firemen placed him on hold and burnt a book, then reported that the heat required was “Fahrenheit 451″.
Q6Nk TIL Christmas tradition dictates that a man is allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath mistletoe and that bad luck will befall any woman who refuses the kiss. With each kiss a berry is to be plucked from the mistletoe and the kissing must stop after all the berries have been removed.
a8n89 TIL Kathy, the dolphin that played Flipper, commited suicide in retirement .
OGMaL TIL Orcas are dolphins
y1bX TIL twin baby boys were separated and adopted out. When reunited years later they had both been named James, had married a woman named Linda, divorced and married Betty, both had a son named James Allen, among other similarities